Alia Bhatt’s ex-personal assistant Vedika Prakash Shetty arrested for fraud, siphoning Rs 77 lakh by forging actor’s signature

As per a Hindustan Times report, Shetty routed the funds to her friend’s account, who then reversed it to Shetty’s personal account. While the said friend hasn’t kept any money with them, they’re also being questioned by the Juhu police in order to recover the stolen money. Shetty had been absconding for months and her location was finally traced down to Bengaluru by Juhu police.

Alia and her sister, author Shaheen Bhatt, started their production house in 2022. They co-produced Jasmeet K Reen’s black comedy Darlings, which also starred Alia, along with Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment, which released in 2022 on Netflix India. The film also starred Vijay Varma, Shefali Shah, and Roshan Mathew.

Alia next co-produced Vasan Bala’s escape thriller Jigra last year, along with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. The film, which also starred Alia, Manoj Pahwa, Vedang Raina, and Vivek Gomber, released in cinemas, but didn’t work wonders at the box office. Alia also lent might to Richie Mehta’s thriller series Poacher, which released on Prime Video India last year.

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On the acting front, Alia will be next seen in Shiv Rawail’s spy thriller Alpha, which is a part of the YRF Spy Universe conceptualized by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. The film, also starring Sharvari, is slated to release in cinemas this Christmas on December 25. Along with Alpha, Alia will also star opposite her real-life husband Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s romantic drama Love & War next year.